“Normalizing” or “Normalising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “normalizing” and 4 prefer “normalising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	normalizing	normalising	Preference
United States	99	1	“normalizing”
United Kingdom	33	67	“normalising”
India	58	42	“normalizing”
Philippines	97	3	“normalizing”
Canada	97	3	“normalizing”
Australia	33	67	“normalising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	32	68	“normalising”
New Zealand	36	64	“normalising”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“normalizing”

…neutral, or fairly so, and normalizing in this fashion ensures that…
…would be in charge of normalizing the provincial situation.
where is a normalizing constant (the partition function) and…
…isomorphic structures such as graphs, normalizing in this way allows for…
…in a realistic, humanizing, and normalizing way that gives appropriate weight…
…Gaddafi made significant strides in normalizing relations with western nations.
…which has the effect of 'normalizing' the image.
…issue, Germany's highest priority was normalizing its relations with its neighbors.
"ffmpeg-normalize" Open source batch-capable normalizing of audio-files using FFmpeg and
…normal form, thus it is normalizing.

“normalising”

…step in a journey to normalising racism and bigotry in our
Swamy has worked towards normalising relations between China and India.
…Oii-Chinese organisation aims to end "normalising" surgeries on intersex children, promote…
…Beta function acting as a normalising constant.
Despite normalising clinical presentation, liver transplantation is…
…in Portuguese documents, indicating a normalising of relations between him and
His efforts at normalising relations with Israel have borne…
…people, including ending forced genital normalising surgery and conversion therapies.
The Senate found that "normalising" surgeries are taking place in…
…terminations of intersex fetuses, ending "normalising" surgeries and providing human and…

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